Bolstered by the India Grand Prix Gold triumph Sunday, Olympic bronze medallist Saina Nehwal jumped two places to No.7 in the latest Badminton World Federation (BWF) women’s singles rankings released Thursday. Saina overtook German Juliane Schenk and Chinese Taipei’s Tai Tzu Ying to rise up the ladder. Meanwhile, runner-up of the Lucknow event P.V. Sindhu […]
A team of scientists, led by an Indian-origin researcher Sibani Lisa Biswal, has developed a faster method to catch unwanted microbes before they can make people sick with food poisoning. The Rice University scientists used an array of tiny ‘nanomechanical cantilevers’, anchored at one end, kind of like little diving boards. The cantilevers have peptides […]
Mahatma Gandhi’s death anniversary was commemorated in Slovenia with a wreath-laying ceremony in the city of Slovenj Gradec, an international city of peace which has installed in its central park a statue of the apostle of peace. Wreaths and flowers were laid by city mayor Andrej Cas and his councillors, citizens and members of the […]
Pop star Lady Gaga has announced the dates of her British leg of ‘artRave: The ARTPOP Ball’ tour. Gaga will perform in Birmingham, Dublin, Glasgow, Manchester and London in October, reports digitalspy.co.uk. The tickets go on sale Feb 8. She also confirmed the tickets for the Ireland show that will go on sale Feb 14.
“Ishaqzaade” star Parineeti Chopra in one of her latest interviews to fashion magazine Vogue India says that she seeks help from her actress-cousin Priyanka Chopra, but the latter is not her role model. Parineeti said that she doesn’t want to emulate the former Miss World, who has delivered hits like “Krrish 3”, “Barfi!” and “Kaminey”. […]
Actress Parineeti Chopra, who has locked lips with actors like Arjun Kapoor and Sushant Singh Rajput in movies like “Ishaqzaade” and “Shuddh Desi Romance” respectively, says she doesn’t enjoy getting intimate on screen. During one of her interviews with Vogue India for the February 2014 issue, the actress says that she doesn’t enjoy such scenes […]
Actor Aamir Khan believes that men have to change first if we want to combat violence against women. Domestic violence, he said, shows “cowardice” and is not acceptable. The actor recently sent a video message to endorse the cause of the One Billion rising campaign, a movement to end violence against women, said a statement. […]
Facebook Inc delivered its strongest revenue growth in two years, beating Wall Street targets as the Internet company’s mobile ad sales continued to accelerate. Shares of Facebook surged 12 percent to $59.98 in after-hours trading on Wednesday. The world’s largest social networking company said that revenue from mobile ads represented 53 percent of its total […]
HTC has expanded its Desire range with the unveiling of a new mid-range smartphone, the Desire 310. HTC had on Wednesday temporarily listed the new smartphone on its European site without pricing and availability details. Soon after, the HTC Desire 310 page on the site was pulled, and is currently still down, with no word […]
The pretty and young actress Parineeti Chopra has always been known for her voluptous figure in the industry. Even though she weighed a few extra pounds in her debut movie, she has become thinner now with her strict work-out schedule. “When I had entered the industry I was big and used to fit into that […]